United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (N.D. Fla.) |
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| Appeals to | Eleventh Circuit |
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| Established | February 23, 1847 |
| Judges assigned | 4 |
| Chief judge | Margaret Catharine Rodgers |
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (in case citations, N.D. Fla. or N.D.Fl.) is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the northern part of the state of Florida.
Appeals from cases brought in the Northern District of Florida are to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
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[edit] History
On the same day that Florida was admitted as a state, March 3, 1845, Congress enacted legislation creating the United States District Court for the District of Florida, 5 Stat. 788.[1][2] On February 23, 1847, this District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts, by 9 Stat. 131.[1][2] The statute effecting this division set forth the boundaries of the Districts:
- [T]hat part of the State of Florida lying south of a line drawn due east and west from the northern point of Charlotte Harbor, including the islands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors, bays and inlets, south of said line, shall be erected into a new judicial district, to be called the Southern District of Florida; a District Court shall be held in said Southern District, to consist of one judge, who shall reside at Key West, in said district...
The same statute directed the Northern District to hold court at Apalachicola, Florida, and Pensacola, Florida. On July 30, 1962 the Middle District was created from portions of the other districts by 76 Stat. 247.[2]
[edit] Jurisdiction
The court's jurisdiction comprises 23 counties: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington.
The four courthouses in which it hears cases are located in Gainesville, Panama City, Pensacola, and Tallahassee.
[edit] Current judges
As of June 22, 2011, a vacancy exists in the district due to Judge Stephan P. Mickle's decision to assume senior status. On February 16, 2012, President Obama nominated Mark E. Walker to fill the vacancy.
| # | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
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| Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
| 22 | Chief Judge | Margaret Catharine Rodgers | Pensacola | 1964 | 2003–present | 2011–present | — | G.W. Bush |
| 20 | District Judge | Robert Lewis Hinkle | Tallahassee | 1951 | 1996–present | 2004–2009 | — | Clinton |
| 23 | District Judge | John Richard Smoak, Jr. | Panama City | 1945 | 2005–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| — | District Judge | (vacant) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) |
| 15 | Senior District Judge | William Henry Stafford Jr. | Tallahassee | 1931 | 1975–1996 | 1981-1993 | 1996–present | Ford |
| 17 | Senior District Judge | Maurice M. Paul | Gainesville | 1932 | 1982–1997 | 1993–1997 | 1997–present | Reagan |
| 18 | Senior District Judge | Roger Vinson | Pensacola | 1940 | 1983–2005 | 1997–2004 | 2005–present | Reagan |
| 19 | Senior District Judge | Lacey A. Collier | Pensacola | 1935 | 1991–2003 | — | 2003–present | G.H.W. Bush |
| 21 | Senior District Judge | Stephan P. Mickle | Gainesville | 1944 | 1998–present | 2009–2011 | 2011-present | Clinton |
[edit] Former judges
| # | Judge | State | Born/Died | Active service | Term as Chief Judge | Senior status | Appointed by | Reason for termination |
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| 1 | Isaac H. Bronson | FL | 1802–1855 | 1847-1855 | (none) | (none) | Polk | death |
| 2 | McQueen McIntosh | FL | 1822-1868 | 1856-1861 | (none) | (none) | Pierce | resignation |
| 3 | Philip Fraser | FL | 1814-1876 | 1862–1876 | (none) | (none) | Lincoln | death |
| 4 | Thomas Settle | FL | 1831-1888 | 1877–1888 | (none) | (none) | Grant | death |
| 5 | Charles Swayne | FL | 1842-1907 | 1890–1907 | (none) | (none) | B. Harrison | death |
| 6 | William Bostwick Sheppard | FL | 1860-1934 | 1908–1934 | (none) | (none) | T. Roosevelt | death |
| 7 | Augustus V. Long | FL | 1877-1955 | 1934–1947 | (none) | 1947-1955 | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 8 | Curtis L. Waller | FL | 1887-1950 | 1940–1943 | (none) | (none) | F. Roosevelt | appointment to 5th Cir. |
| 9 | Dozier A. DeVane | FL | 1883-1963 | 1943–1958 | (none) | 1958-1963 | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 10 | George William Whitehurst | FL | 1891–1974 | 1950-1961 | (none) | 1961-1974 | Truman | death |
| 11 | G. Harrold Carswell | FL | 1919–1992 | 1958-1969 | 1958-1969 | (none) | Eisenhower | appointment to 5th Cir. |
| 12 | George C. Young | FL | 1916– | 1961-1962 | (none) | (none) | Kennedy | reassignment to M.D.Fla |
| 13 | Winston E. Arnow | FL | 1911–1994 | 1967-1981 | 1969-1981 | 1981-1994 | L. Johnson | death |
| 14 | David Lycurgus Middlebrooks, Jr. | FL | 1926- | 1969-1974 | (none) | (none) | Nixon | resignation |
| 16 | Lynn Carlton Higby | FL | 1938-1992 | 1979-1983 | (none) | (none) | Carter | resignation |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 393.
- ^ a b c U.S. District Courts of Florida, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
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